Legio Wargames

The quote forming the titile is from Julius Caesar describing the effect British chariots had on his men. In preparation for a game of...

The 2025 Society of Ancients Battle Day will feature the clash of Viking and English shieldwalls at Maldon (AD 991). In preparation for...

After returning from a month away, wargaming action returned yesterday with a chance to lead half of the Zulu army attacking Rorke’s...

Ancient British cavalry ride out to drive the Romans back into the sea.

Blue painted Ancient Britons strike fear amongst the Romans.

Magnesia (189 BC) is the classical ancient battle that offers a little bit of everything. You get Roman legions, pike phalanxes,...

The Society of Ancients Battle Day was a huge success with a dozen games refighting the decisive clash between Romans and Carthaginians...

After the Society of Ancients Ilipa Battle Day (this coming weekend) I rather fancy pitting my 6 mil Romans up against the Seleucids....

With the Society of Ancients Ilipa Battle Day only a couple of weeks away it was time for a final test game with my 6 mil Carthaginians...

Having raised the highland clans we gathered yesterday to re-fight Falkirk Muir (1746) with the aim of restoring the rightful King James...

Today, just three days after the 499th anniversary of the Battle of Pavia (24 Feb 1525), the French and Imperialists meet again. This...

My rules for Greek Hoplite battles have now been published by the Society of Ancients. They are available from the Society website here....

The British leaders were feeling confident and perhaps a little cocky after their previous Dux Britanniarum victory over the Saxons in...

Following their defeat Somewhere in Spain, the Scipio Brothers (Gneaus and Publius) manage to withdraw in relatively good order to...

The Saxons, raiding deep into British held Caer Colun, stole the treasures of Praefectus Firmum Coquus but had to bury the loot in order...

It is finally time for my 6 mil Romans and Carthaginians to fight it out on the games table. I am also testing out changes to Legio VI...

I have now completed the four units of 6mm Spanish scutarii I need for my Carthaginian army. Recruited for the Society of Ancients Ilipa...

Over the past few years I have been playing with the big kids. Now I am revisiting my 6 mil ancients. My motivation is the Society of...

Stoke Field (1487) is a most unusual and interesting battle, and the last engagement of the Wars of the Roses. After Bosworth the 10 year...

I know very little about the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 but I recently had the pleasure of playing the Prussians at a game of the...